Register Now   Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503130 WIDA Deep Dive: Q & A The goals of this session are to review WIDA Resources such as the WIDA ELD Framework, 2020 Edition as well as identify Spanish language development resources such as Marco DALE and Marco ALE publications. Teachers will have an opportunity to discuss how they leverage WIDA tools in practice while deepening their knowledge of the framework. Audience: Teachers K-12 (Spanish-English)

Register Now   Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503004 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading The goals of this session are to orient to the recommendations for implementing shared reading in a dual language classroom setting: during  Spanish literacy and literacy based English Language Development.  Teachers will have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of comprehension strategies and literacy skills within the content of the whole-group instruction. We will review comprehension strategies and prompts for language support. Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: [...]

Register Now   Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503006  Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English) Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to strengthen writing for their bilingual and dual language learners (Spanish-English). We will examine writing rubrics, student work and teaching techniques that can be utilized in practice.  This workshop content will be beneficial for ESL/Bilingual Teachers, Dual Language Teachers or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners.   Audience: Teachers [...]

Register Now   Date: Saturday, October 19, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503005 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading:Teacher-led small groups & Independent Reading   The goals of this session are to explore how to address specific students’ needs with regard to reading skills, comprehension strategies and interest in a dual language classroom setting, English-Spanish.   Teachers will have an opportunity to explore suggestions for implementation of independent reading and orient to the biliterate reading zones.  Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared will be among the primary tools leveraged in [...]

Register Now   Date: Saturday, October 26, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503007 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation Teachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers  will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual [...]